Tool for attaching fence-stays



No. 620,536. Patented Feb. 28, I899.-

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TOOL FOR ATTACHING FENCE STAYS.

(Application filed June 13, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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NlTED STATES JAMES E. BOYS, OF HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN.

TOOL FOR ATTACHING FENCE-STAYS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 620,536, dated February 28, 1899. Application filed June 13,1898. Serial No. 683,282. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES E. BOYS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsdale, in the county of Hillsdale, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Attaching Fence- Stays; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new-and useful improvements in hand-tools for weaving vertical stay-wires upon the lateral wires of the fence; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient means for weaving upon the lateral wires of a fence the vertical staywires supplied from a single reel or coil carried by the device and supplying sufficient wire for a number of stays, the arrangement being such as to enable the stay-wires to be quickly and .firmly attached to the lateral wires of a fence after said wires shall have been strung. This object is attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of this improved device in the operation of weaving the stay-wire around alateral fence-wire. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an elevation showing by dotted lines the movement described in winding the stay-wire around the lateral wires of the fence. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the letters of reference, A des ignates a metal rim provided with the lat erally-extending arms B, carrying the oppositely-disposed handles B B. Opening through the arc of said ring, near one of the arms B, is a slot 0.. Upon one side of said ring A is a plate 0, having the projecting ear 6, which serves to direct the lateral wire into a notch c, which extends diametrically into saidplate at the base of said ear. Formed through said plate, adjacent to said notch, is an aperture cl. Upon the opposite side of said ring is a dished plate D, whose raised central annular portion f lies within the inner circle of said ring. aperture 61, which is adapted to register with Formed through the plate D is an.

the aperture 61 in the plate 0. Also formed a central aperture in the plate D and screws into the plate 0. Surrounding said bolt is a sleeve E, the inner end of which bears against the inner face of the central portion f of the plate D and the outer end of which is embraced by the head of said bolt, whereby said plates are firmly secured together, and a pin is formed projecting at right angles therefrom of such length as to properly receive a suitable coil of wire F, from which the stay-wires are formed.

It will now be understood that the opposed plates 0 and D are adapted to revolve within the ring A, the antifriction-rollers e, uniting said plates, travelingin contact with the inner arc of said ring. The stay-wire leading from the coil F is passed through the apertures d d in said plates, so that its free end projects therefrom. By turning said plates so as to cause their registering notches c c to also register with the slotted opening ain said ring an open way is formed through said ring into said plates toapoint beyond the rings inner are, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. In this open way the line-wire G of the fence is received. A rotary movement of said plates sufficient to carry their notches c c, in which said wire lies, past the open slot at of the ring will securely retain said wire in said notches of said plates within the inner arc of said ring A and at a point eccentric to the axis of rotation of said plates.

In the operation of attaching stay-wires to thelateral wires of a fence with this improved device the end of said stay-wire F which projects through the plates 0 and D is secured to the upper of the lateral Wires in any suitable manner, when the tool is drawn downward, causing the stay-wire to pay off of the reelor coil upon the pin E until the succeeding lower lateral wire is reached, when the plates (J and D are turned so as to cause their respective notches c and c to register with the open slot a in the ring A. The tool is then slipped over said lateral wire, so that said wire passes through the slot at in said ring and lies within the inner recess of said notches in said plates. By grasping the handles of the tool the ring A is made to describe a circle about the lateral wire G, which becomes the axis of said circular movement, the handles being maintained horizontally opposite and the ring A rising and falling and moving forward and backward as it describes its circular movement about said lateral wire. This movement of the ring causes the plates to rotate about their geometric center within said ring while they describe a circle of which the lateral wire G is the axis of rotation, whereby the aperture through said plates through which the stay-wire F passes is carried in a circle around the lateral wire G, winding around said lateral wire the staywire which is fed therefrom, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. WVhen asufficient number of wraps of the stay-Wire around the lateral wire shall have been made, the parts are brought into position, so as to cause the notches in said plates to register with the slotted opening in the ring, when the tool is withdrawn from said wire and placed on the next succeeding wire below and the operation is repeated. By this arrangement the vertical stay-wire may be rapidly and securely wrapped around the succeeding lateral wires of a fence, so as to perfectly retain said stay-wire in place and at the same time tie said lateral wires firmly together.

Having thus fully set forth this invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of the ring having an opening therethrough and carrying the integral laterally-extending arms provided with handles, the plates embracing said ring and adapted to rotate thereon, said plates having coinciding notches in their periphery which are adapted to register with said opening in the ring and having an aperture therethrough for the reception of the stay-wire, and a pin or spool carried by said rotary plates upon which the stay-wire is wound.

2. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of the ring provided with the in tegral handles and having an opening through its arc, the opposed plates mounted on opposite sides of said ring each havinga notch in its periphery which extends diametrically inward beyond the inner arc of said ring, which notches coincide and are adapted to register with the opening in said ring, said plates havin g an aperture therethrough adjacent to said notches, the pin screwing into the center of said plates to hold them together, said pin being adapted to carry the stay-wire.

3. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of the ring having projecting handles and provided with an opening through its arc, the rotary plates mounted upon opposite sides of said ring having notches that register with the opening therein, said plates having an aperture therethrough for the passage of the stay-wire, means for carrying the stay-wire upon said rotary plates, and the series of antifriction-rollers j ournaled in said plates and bearing against the inner arc of said ring.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. BOYS.

. Witnesses:

GEO. R. DAVIS, EDWARD GUERNSEY. 

